In the year 1939, the Utö fort battledagainsttwo Soviet battleships,one of them presumably sank.Utö was also attacked during the First World War, this time it was
battleshipsfrom the Imperial German navy, that attacked Utö in 1915.

This star-and-cross memorial at the south side of the island commemorates the wreck of the ship Draken, sank in 1929.The ship ran aground on the reef of Örebåda during a storm.Örebåda is a small
rocky islet only 150 metres from the southernmost tip of Utö.The
sailors managed to get onto the rock, all except one, the ship’s
carpenter,who was washed away by the waves when he tried to board the
lifeboat.The sea raged with relentless force for about 36 hours and the
islanders had no choice but to stand helplessly on the rocky shore
looking down at the ten shipwrecked sailors.When the sea finally calmed
down and the islanders could go to Örebåda,five of the men had
perished, either drowned or frozen to death.

Park Victory commemorative candle holder in Utö Chapel, on the candle holder are engraved the names of crew members who perished in the accident,SS Park Victory sank on Christmas night 1947. Every Christmas Eve, the candles are lit in memory of the accident and the lives that were lost in it.That window shows to the sinking place.

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